Health status, job stress and work-related injury among Los Angeles taxi drivers

Work

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 705-712

  Wang, Pin Chieh ^a   Delp, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health promotion; Stressors; taxi driver injuries; worker alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CAR DRIVING; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84917736940     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-131696     Document Type: Article

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